If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… or If You Give a Teacher a Computer

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… or If

You Give a Teacher a Computer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKzriYtEt8

NorthStar-GNETS Cindy Ford, Ed.D Supervisor for Curriculum and Instruction NorthStar GNETS Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support www.northstar-gnets.com [email protected]

A “chain of events” happens when the occurrence of one event causes the occurrence of another…..

Resources: Keeping it Real and Keeping it Together

App

Organizing Resources Live Binder 

http://www.livebinders.com/

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http://youtu.be/9hK6BeE9HCQ

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http://youtu.be/_uKktih3YNg

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Free App

Organizing Resources 

Netvibes – allows you to keep websites and other accounts in one place. You can set up public and private pages. It allows you to create tabs for each class and students can access classroom tabs.

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Declicious - is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Delicious uses a non-hierarchical classification system in which users can tag each of their bookmarks with freely chosen index terms

Pinterest

http://pinterest.com/northstargnets/

Dropbox 

Download app onto iPad

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Open web browser on computer

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Go to http://www.dropbox.com/

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Left click on Download Dropbox

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Follow on screen directions

Dropbox Cont. 

Right click in box to make new folders

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You can drop files into the folders and share across multiple devices (Example)

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You can also share with others 

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https://www.dropbox.com/help/19

Set up collaborative folder

Dropbox Cont. 

Once you have downloaded Dropbox

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Go to DeskTop on computer

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Double left click on Dropbox Icon

Links from GaETC 

http://www.classinthecloud.net/?

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http://kevinhoneycutt.org/

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The Cloud and Beyond…2.0

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Also follow him on Twitter!

Twitter 

http://edudemic.com/2010/06/ the-ultimate-twitter-guidebook/

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http://edudemic.com/2010/11/ 25-important-twitter-guides-andapps-for-teachers/

Links cont. 

Kathy Schrock http://kathyschrock.net/

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Monika Davis GaETC pwrpt

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iWrite – GaETC

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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/

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http://www.wallwisher.com

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http://eedu.glogster.com

Classroom Management

http://teach.classdojo.com/#!/launchpad

iPads in the

Classroom

Organizing Your iPad 

You can move your apps around

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Hold Until they begin to shake (afraid they are going to be deleted)

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Move around with your finger

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Also can make folders

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Place one app on top of second app

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Can also rename folder

Classroom Apps 

Puppet Pals http://ebd35.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/puppet-palsapp/

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Rory’s Story Cubes ($2.99) shake your cubes up and write a story

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Story Patch (I can’t wait to use both of them in the classroom, and think

that the students will love creating their own stories with them!)

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Pocket Phonics (Lite is free)

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Tap to Talk

Classroom Apps Cont 

Stack the States

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Talking Tom

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Finger Count

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IEP Checklist

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K12 Timed Reading Practice

Apps 

Math puzzle

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Think Fast

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Magnetic Board

The World of Apps 

Dropbox- allows sharing of documents between people and devices

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Splash-Top Remote Desktop HD- allows remote access to your computer  

G-Mail Splash-Top Whiteboard- turns your ipad into a SMART Board

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UPAD- allows for notetaking by typing or handwriting

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Mega-Recorder- allows person to tape conferences or meetings for referencing later

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PrintCentral Pro- allows for printing from iPad to networked printer

Websites with information for the iPad 

Edudemic – Connecting Education and Technology http://edudemic.com/

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http://learninginhand.com/ipad/

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https://sites.google.com/site/schrockipad/

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100 iPad Apps Perfect For Middle School http://edudemic.com/2011/11/ipad-middle-school

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65 iPad Apps Perfect For Elementary School http://edudemic.com/2011/11/palm-beach-apps

Splashtop Remote Desktop and Streamer 

Remote app allows you to control your computer remotely

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Either via a network or through the internet using Gmail

Splashtop Cont. 

Download app from app store (cost $2.99)

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Go to http://www.splashtop.com/

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Place cursor over Product Tab (upper right side) and left click on Splashtop Streamer

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Follow directions to download Splashtop Steamer for computer

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Pull up app on ipad and connect ipad to computer

Splashtop Cont. 

You can access your computer across the internet 

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Must have a Gmail Account 

Go to google.com

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Click on Gmail located in bar at top of page

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Click on Create an account

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Follow instructions

This account allows you to access your computer when not the network

Interactive Whiteboards

Interactive Websites 

http://www.educational-freeware.com/ This site reviews free learning games, websites, and software for a variety of content areas.

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http://www.topmarks.co.uk Out of the United Kingdom, this site has a collection of interactive resources to use for most subject areas.

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http://www.hippocampus.org/ A project of the Monterrey Institute for Technology, this site provides multimedia resources to explain content for most high school subjects.

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http://www.pbskids.org/whiteboard/ PBS Kids has a collection of games for elementary-level language arts, math, social studies, and the arts.

Interactive Websites Cont. 

http://www.internet4-classrooms.com/index.htm Includes resources for all content areas

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http://www.2learn.ca/ Four sites that provide interactive resources are linked to this site

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http://www.theschroederpage.com

Online books and stories 

http://www.childrenslibrary.org

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http://www.storyplace.org/

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http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Interactive Websites Cont. Websites to create your own content 

http://www.freetech4teachers.com

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http://www.quizlet.com/

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http://www.superteachertools.com

Websites with Global Connections 

http://earthgoogle.com

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http://www.epals.com

GREAT RESOURCE 

Teach Like a Techie

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By Lori Elliot, EdD.

NorthStar-GNETS Cindy Ford, Ed.D Supervisor for Curriculum and Instruction NorthStar-GNETS www.northstar-gnets.com

[email protected]